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Yesterday's Phillips County News Memories for week of November 5, 2014

100 years ago

November 6, 1914

Headline: A good yield

Victor Swenson, southeast of Malta, brought to this office this week a sample of Marquis wheat raised on his farm this season. Mr. Swenson is loud in his praises of this brand of wheat and states that the yield per acre was 20 ½ bushels from a sowing of one-half bushels to the acre and a bushel of this wheat weighed 62 pounds.

Additional Locals: Malta weathered the storm of Halloween very favorably and the youngsters did little or no damage, and it is safe to say they feel just as good as if they had carried all the gates in town...

 

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